Species Account for Carabus granulatus
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Carabus granulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Coleoptera: Carabidae
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Taxonomic group: beetles (Coleoptera) - Available county data
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This is a large bronze predatory ground beetle. It is very local in some parts of Britain and there are very few Essex records (P. Hammond, pers. comm.). The species is rather hygrophilus, occurring in wet meadows or open forests, often under bark near water. References
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